Barnes & Noble kicked off best books of the year season, this time announcing their “top ten-ish” (e.g. 11) titles, along with a full package of top tens from across 14 categories. Selected by the chain’s buyers, four of the top books, noted below with asterisks, have not been published yet — but presumably BN already secured significant copies to avoid going out of stock on the promotional titles. The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah-Jones* Burnt Toast & Other Disasters, by Cal Peternell Call Us What We Carry, by Amanda Gorman* Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr Crying in H […]